Afghan Invasion

The Afghan Invasion began 1978-92, with conflict between anti-Communist Muslim Afghan government and Soviet forces. In the 1978 coup, the conflict had its origins that overthrew Afghan president Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan, who had come to power by ousting the king in 1973. In the spring of 1992, Najibullah's government collapsed and, after 14 years of rule by the People's Democratic party, Kabul fell to a coalition of mujahidin under the military leadership of Ahmed Shah Massoud.